David Patrick Caracos (Promo Speaker)

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The Trial: USA · Clients Can Be Assholes · 28 Mar 2025 podcast

But if Diddy isn't paying anymore or he's refusing to pay, that's a basis to potentially try to get out of the case because you're still in the middle of everything right now and you're going to do a ton more work, especially if this goes to trial. So the amount of hours that are going to be spent on that, it's going to cost a ton of money to Diddy.

And if he hasn't paid or can't afford to pay him anymore, that wouldn't shock me at all that Rico is getting out of it.

Yeah, it's not a wet dream anymore. It's going to be a nightmare, I guess.

So that's not the reason, all right, which I would anticipate that's probably a pretty strong reason. But if it's not, the other one would be that just the client is being an asshole. All right, that's as simple as I can make it. We have clients every now and then who are just very difficult clients. to deal with. It's called client control.

I always want to have client control, meaning, you know, look, the clients, you're in a very tough situation right now. My job is to get you out of this situation. It's to get you the best possible resolution.

And by fighting with me, saying, oh, well, you know, I think you're doing this wrong, or, you know, why don't we go about this, or I didn't do this, you know, whatever's going through their minds. And it makes your job much more difficult. Well, I don't think it would be outlandish to think that Diddy might not be the easiest client to deal with.

Again, very rich man, very powerful man, used to having his way. He's in a jail cell now where he's very tight, tightly confound, and he's probably not in a very good mood. I wouldn't be in a good mood either, and nobody would be in a good mood. I think it's probably fair to say that he's probably not being the easiest client to deal with.

Now, if they look at the paycheck, they're going to be like, oh, okay, I remember why I'm representing him. But if that paycheck has dried up, then they're probably saying, you know, I don't know if this is worth it. And Diddy could also have said, you know what? I don't want you anymore. I don't think you're doing a good job representing me.

And the attorney can then file a motion to be relieved as counsel. For that reason, where there's a mutual decision by the client and the attorney. So there's a couple different reasons why he would get out of it. Those are the big two, though. Money, which is pretty much a reason for everything in life. And the second one is client control or difficulty with the client.

Well, you got to look at it. What's a win? Is a win just a dismissal of everything? Maybe. I mean, to Diddy, I guess it would be. A job as a criminal defense attorney is to make sure that we get you the best resolution, whatever that is, all right, to mitigate your exposure. So Diddy, perfect example, he's looking at life in prison, all right? So your exposure is life in prison.

If I can get you something so much better without having to go to a trial and gambling, win or lose, if you lose, you're screwed. If you win, yeah, you go free. But what are the odds of that? So that's really what you have to ask yourself. And I always ask this to clients when they approach us and when they want to hire us. What do you want to see happen? Are you looking to get an acquittal?

Are you looking to say, all right, look, I didn't do this. I'm going to fight this tooth and nail. Or do you come in and say, listen, I may or may not have done this, but you got to get me the best possible resolution and do whatever you think. So I don't know if Diddy would listen to the advice of counsel. And I don't know if a win to him is going to necessarily be a win to the attorneys.

And I also don't know if a win for Diddy is realistic either, what he's looking for to what actually can happen.

When you say under no circumstances, it's not like, you know, I really don't see me being able to represent, you know, Sean Diddy Combs in an adequate faction anymore. But when you say unequivocally, under no circumstances, there's something there.

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So number one, I wouldn't be surprised if there is some type of plea negotiations going on. That would be the first thing. I would also anticipate that for the government, they're getting all their witnesses on board. They're getting everybody lined up. They're doing all their due diligence.

They're going over discovery, making sure that everything has been provided to Diddy and his counsel that should be required. They're anticipating any motions or any, I'd say, surprises that they think the defense may have. They may do a mock trial if they have the resources, which I anticipate they do. So they're getting their ducks in a row.

For Diddy and his attorneys, they're doing the same thing for the most part. So the attorneys are meeting with Diddy, I'm sure, quite a bit. They're getting their game plan together. You know, 40 days out, it might seem like a long time, but it really isn't, especially when you're having to anticipate doing different motions and answering different motions.

You're going to have witnesses that at the very last second become unavailable or at the alternative become available. So you really have to make sure you have everything covered as best you can. And in a jury trial, there's always going to be surprises. You just got to try to anticipate as best you can.

So Marjorie, it's a good question. I have no idea what Diddy's thinking right now, if he's thinking a plea deal or not. But if I'm his attorneys, I'm definitely trying to at least get the best plea deal possible to present to Diddy. Because look, At the end of the day, it's going to be Diddy's decision. The attorneys, they're going to go home at the end of the night. Diddy, 50-50.

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